Vehicle tracking unit providing direction deviation tracking and related methods
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1. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
- a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller for cooperating with the vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold. Moreover, the controller may also cooperate with the wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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1. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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16. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then at least one of continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period and continuing in the changed direction at greater than a predetermined speed;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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29. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold;
said controller also storing the vehicle position information based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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42. A vehicle tracking method comprising:
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determining vehicle position information using a vehicle tracking unit carried by the vehicle based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold; and
sending the vehicle position information from the vehicle tracking unit to a monitoring station based upon at least one occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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